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Oilers' win streak stopped at four games after 4-3 loss to Jets
Winnipeg Jets' Joel Armia (40), Mathieu Perreault (85), Bryan Little (18) and Tyler Myers (57) celebrate Little's goal as Edmonton Oilers' Andrej Sekera (2) looks on during the first period NHL action in Winnipeg on Wednesday, December 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Westbrook, George lead Thunder past Raptors 124-107
Toronto Raptors centre Jonas Valanciunas shoots the ball over Oklahoma City Thunder centre Steven Adams during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena, in Oklahoma City, on Dec. 27, 2017.
George, Westbrook lead Thunder past Raptors 124-107
Sebastian Aho leads the way as Hurricanes top Canadiens 3-1
Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal attempts to clear the puck in front of goalie Cam Ward during the third period in Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 27, 2017.
Riley Nash scores pair of goals as surging Bruins beat Senators
Boston Bruins right wing David Backes is congratulated by Danton Heinen after his goal during the third period in Boston, on Dec. 27, 2017.
Colton Point perfect as Canada dominates Slovakia at world juniors
Canada's goalie Colton Point guards the net during the first period of IIHF World Junior Championship preliminary round hockey action in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 27, 2017.
Feast your mind: Try The Globe’s 2017 science quiz
Ex-Miss Americas asked to help find new leaders
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan reacts as she is crowned Miss America 2013 in Las Vegas. Trashed by emails sent by pageant officials, former Miss Americas will help choose the new leaders of the Miss America Organization. The group told The Associated Press Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, that it is enlisting the help of former Miss Americas and state directors to recommend the next generation of leaders for the pageant. Hagan's sexual habits were mocked in the emails. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
Nash scores 2 goals as surging Bruins beat Senators 5-1
Venezuelan president sheds light on proposed cryptocurrency
Aho scores twice, Hurricanes top Canadiens 3-1
Texas authorities nab murder suspect with cigarette butt
Legendary Maple Leafs goalie Johnny Bower stood apart from the rest
A master of the pokecheck with a penchant for a spread-legs save known as the ‘splits,’ Johnny Bower helped backstop the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups, including the team’s last in 1967.
S. Korean president calls sex slave deal with Japan flawed
Coyotes centre Zac Rinaldo suspended six games for punch
Vietnam jails 2 dozen on charges of terrorism, subversion
Changing the rules to do the right thing for Toronto’s homeless
St. Clare’s operations manager Andrea Adams, left, and physical assets manager Mohammad Anvari pose at 25 Leonard Ave., where excavation has begun for a three-storey building that will provide purpose-built rentals for homeless people.
Two men charged after getting into a fight while clearing snow: OPP
B.C. city parks updated to reflect changing tastes
Ryan Hutchinson, 10, climbs on a wood playground at Rochester Park in Coquitlam, B.C., on Dec. 21, 2017.
Emergency calls give vivid account of Amtrak train derailment in Washington state
In this Dec. 18, 2017, file photo, cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 in DuPont, Wash.
Political strategist Nick Kouvalis facing break-enter charge over alleged after-hours drinks
Nick Kouvalis is pictured in Toronto on Sept. 28, 2010.
The Latest: Friend: 'Unplugged' creator walking dog when hit
Bigger fish to fry: Businessman races to become first licenced cannabis producer in Newfoundland
Bond Rideout Jr. flashes a smile on Dec. 12 in front of a former fish plant in Fair Haven, Nfld. He’s converting the building into the province’s first licensed cannabis-grow operation.
Toronto Mayor John Tory relayed Sherman family concerns to police
Police work around the scene at 50 Old Colony Rd., home of the Sherman family, in Toronto on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.
Streetwise Newsletter: Teachers sells PetVet to KKR; Aurora can’t fast-track CanniMed bid
Canadian bank headquarters stand on Bay Street in Toronto on Monday August 29, 2011. Bay Street is the centre of Toronto's Financial District and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial industry Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
China's crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics
Two senior officials resign from Peru’s government amid political crisis
Demonstrators shouts slogans against the pardon of former president Alberto Fujimori in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 25, 2017.
How much real estate do foreigner investors really own? Statscan got it wrong
A real estate sold sign hangs in front of a west-end Toronto property Friday, Nov. 4, 2016.
Federal government pledges to work with provinces on securities reforms
Ottawa expects to see better national securities enforcement when it establishes its long-promised Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory Authority
Ferry gets stuck on sandbar with 27 people aboard off NYC
Bill Phillips, 83, was a gentle man of exceptional talent
Bill Phillips
Winter storm increases avalanche risk in southern B.C. mountains
An avalanche warning sign is seen near Mount Renshaw outside of McBride, B.C., on Jan. 30, 2016.
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Snow, wind to increase avalanche danger in southern B.C. mountains
The Latest: IRS issues guidance on prepayment of local taxes
Supreme Court sets tentative hearing date for Alberta parents convicted in son’s meningitis death
David Stephan and his wife, Collet Stephan, arrive at court on March 10, 2016, in Lethbridge, Alta.
Astros' Jose Altuve named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo, Houston Astros' Jose Altuve hits a home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 10th inning of Game 2 of the World Series in Los Angeles.
New York jail population below 9,000 for 1st time since 1982
FILE - In a June 20, 2014, file photo, the Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. New York City says its jail population is below 9,000 for the first time since 1982, and officials are hailing the drop as a step toward closing the notorious Rikers Island jail complex. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, the city is on track for a daily average jail population in December of about 8,980 people. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Supreme Court sets tentative hearing date for parents of boy in meningitis death
David and Collet Stephan leave for a break during their appeals trial in Calgary on March 9, 2017. The Supreme Court of Canada has set a tentative hearing date for the parents of an Alberta toddler who were convicted after they failed to seek medical attention for their son who died of bacterial meningitis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
2 top officials quit Peru government amid political crisis
Martin Shkreli's ex-lawyer found guilty of financial fraud
FILE- In this Dec. 17, 2015, file courtroom sketch, from left, defense attorney Baruch White, pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, defense attorney Jonathan Sack and co-defendant Evan Greebel, appear in court in New York. Greebel, a lawyer accused of helping Shkreli cover up a financial fraud, was convicted of conspiracy charges Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, by a federal jury in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)
DA won't file charges against officers in Kansas man's death
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2017, file photo, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay discusses the shooting of Dominique White by Topeka police at the Shawnee County Courthouse in Topeka, Kan. Kagay announced Wednesday, Dec. 27, that he does not plan to file criminal charges against two Kansas police officers in the fatal shooting of White earlier this year. (Thad Allton/The Capital-Journal via AP, File)
Out in the cold: Sears staff, retirees live amid uncertainty as retailer closes its doors
Keith Lovell in his home in Keswick Ridge, N.B.
B.C. Supreme Court judge grants injunction to fish-farm, ending protests
Kwakwaka'wakw nations and supporters protest fish farms in their traditional territories during a demonstration on Lekwungen Territory at the provincial legislature, in Victoria on Nov. 2, 2017.
NYC's lone polar bear is euthanized; he had kidney failure
British Columbia court grants injunction to fish farm, ending protests
Imperial-led consortium calls it quits on Mackenzie pipeline project
The sun rises over the Mackenzie Delta near Inuvik, Northwest Territories November 11, 2009. Along Inuvik's icy Navy Road, fleets of idle trucks and clusters of unused oil field equipment are waiting for one of the world's biggest unbuilt energy projects - the Mackenzie natural gas pipeline - to get under way.
Ottawa to give 10-year grants to First Nations, with less reporting on how money is spent
Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde listen to a delegate's question at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, on Dec. 6, 2017.
Stylist accused of giving man unwanted 'Stooges' hairdo
Group raises money to fund new home for survivor of Quebec City mosque shooting
Aymen Derbali poses for a photo in Quebec City on Wednesday, December 27, 2017. A fundraiser to find a new home for a man who lost use of his legs in the Quebec City mosque shooting earlier this year has reached almost half its goal. Aymen Derbali, a father of three, was one of the more than 50 people inside the mosque when a shooter opened fire last Jan. 29, killing six. He took seven bullets and was paralyzed from the waist down. The objective is to raise the $400,000 before the first anniversary of the shooting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to sell PetVet to KKR
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan logo.
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Six sent to hospital in crash that closed Highway 1 in B.C. for hours
Brazil's labour minister steps down to run for Congress seat
What Canada’s financial industry fears in 2018
Global Risk Institute members now cite cyberrisk a top concern financial institutions. That is hardly surprising, given the costly this year against firms such as Equifax.
Elderly man pronounced dead after being pulled from burning Manitoba home
Boy, 8, rescued from frozen Utah pond is awake, doing well
In this Monday, Dec. 25, 2017 photo provided by the Washington County Sheriffs Office, a search and rescue team work on the edge of a frozen pond in the town of New Harmony, north of St. George, Utah. A sheriff's deputy in southern Utah punched through the frozen pond on Christmas Day to rescue drowning 8-year-old boy. Washington County sheriff's Lt. David Crouse said the boy was chasing his dog Monday evening when another child saw him fall through the ice. (Washington County Sheriffs Office via AP)
The high cost of Canada’s increasing wealth inequality
Heightened security in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve
Business Highlights
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Eli Manning’s future unclear as Giants head into season finale
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning throws against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half in Glendale, Ariz., on Dec. 24, 2017.
Free bird: Officer rescues snowy owl from prison barbed wire
How major US stock indexes fared on Wednesday
California company has pot license, workers still arrested
In this Dec. 26, 2017, photo, Old Kai Distribution cofounders Matthew Mandelker, right, and Lucas Seymour, who are licensed cannabis distributors, pose for a photo beside a delivery van loaded with product at their warehouse near Ukiah, Calif. Workers for the company were transporting the marijuana from a cultivator when they were pulled over Friday by a California Highway Patrol officer, according to Joe Rogoway, an attorney for the company. The workers showed the officer the company’s cannabis license and a manifest for the marijuana, but the officer insisted it was illegal, called for backup and arrested the men. (Alvin Jornada/The Press Democrat via AP)
Tennessee statue of former Confederate general painted pink
Nathan Bedford Forrest statue off I-65, south of downtown Nashville, Tenn., was vandalized, painted pink on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. The statue of Forrest portrays the early Ku Klux Klan leader and former Confederate general riding a horse. The vandalism apparently occurred late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning. (Shelley Mays/The Tennessean via AP)
Signs show Montreal could be next to join the real estate frenzy
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe editorial: Do androids dream? Just ask them
Robot waiters stand near a human a chef at a robot-themed restaurant in Chennai, India. The automated servers carry dishes from the kitchen to customers.
Fifteen lower-risk Canadian stocks for the cautiously optimistic investor
With valuations being so high, building a portfolio with a focus on lower volatility is never a bad idea.
Hovnanian and Kindred climb while Callaway Golf slumps
Slump in big energy deals cuts value of Canadian mergers to $243.5-billion
Rows of steam generating plants at Cenovus Energy's Christina Lake oil sands operation on June 12, 2013. The largest transaction involving a Canadian firm was Cenovus Energy Inc.’s purchase of a group of oil and gas assets from ConocoPhillips for $13.2-billion.
The Latest: Homicide victim was picking up sister from home
Feds axe $1,000 fee for certain families to hire foreign nannies, caregivers
The Latest: No arrest after passenger got on wrong flight
Survivor of World War II Bataan Death March dies at 100
FILE - In this Thursday, April 6, 2017 file photo, Bataan Death March survivor Ramon Regalado walks with Cecilia Gaerlan outside his home in El Cerrito, Calif. Regalado died Dec. 16, 2017, in El Cerrito, California, said Cecilia I. Gaerlan, executive director of the Bataan Legacy Historical Society. He was 100. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg,File)
The Latest: Trump meets firefighters, touts tax bill
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he arrives to meet with first responders at West Palm Beach Fire Rescue, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Aurora wins one ruling, loses another, in hostile bid for CanniMed
Cannabis seedlings are seen at the new Aurora Cannabis facilty on Friday, November 24, 2017 in Montreal.
Nexen Energy charged after two workers killed in 2016 explosion in Alberta
The Nexen building is seen in downtown Calgary, Alberta, on July 23, 2012.
Tahoe ski resorts ask guests to leave their weed at home
Thousands of Puerto Rico police owed overtime call in sick
In this Nov. 15, 2017 photo, some roofs damaged by the whip of Hurricane Maria are shown still exposed to rainy weather conditions, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog says his office will be investigating how a tiny Florida company won more than $30 million in contracts for desperately needed relief supplies following Hurricane Maria. The Associated Press first reported last month that Bronze Star LLC failed to deliver the emergency tarps and plastic sheeting needed to cover tens of thousands of Puerto Rican homes damaged by the storm's winds. The Federal Emergency Management Agency eventually terminated the contracts without paying any money. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Power restored at Disneyland after guests taken off rides
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. A power outage Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 has hit parts of the Disneyland theme park and stopped some rides. A park representative tells Los Angeles news station KABC-TV that power is out in Toontown and Fantasyland, and guests have been escorted off about a dozen rides. A park statement says the problem involves a transformer at the Disneyland Resort. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Nielsen's top programs for Dec. 18-24
The Latest: In Minnesota, temperature drops to 37 below zero
Jack Frost makes an appearance in Rochester, Minn., Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, Christmas day, as the mercury hovered near the zero degree mark. A cold week of more of the same is projected for the week ahead. (Elizabeth Nida Obert/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
Gord Downie, Stuart McLean: Canadian newsmakers who died in 2017
Energy company charged after two workers at Alberta plant killed in explosion
Judge praises teen for progress since killings when he was 8
FILE - This Nov. 8, 2008, file photo shows the house in St. Johns, Ariz., where Vincent Romero and Timothy Romans, of San Carlos, Ariz., were found fatally shot. Police said Romero's 9-year-old son, who was 8 at the time, used a rifle to shoot the men as they returned home from work. A judge overseeing the case of the now teenager, who was charged in a double homicide when he was 8 years old, heaped praise on him Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, for the progress he's made. He turns 18 on Friday, marking the end of probation. (AP Photo/Dana Felthauser, File)
Group of Montreal colleagues wins $60-million Lotto Max jackpot
Lotto Max winners Julie Beland, Haidar Abi Haidar, Robert Macri, Diane Dorele Fossouo Djuidje, Nathaniel Thomas, Darius Hozhabr Zandi, Peter Jewett, Randolph Dandan and Enzo Scattone hold up a cheque for $60,000,000 in Montreal on Dec. 27, 2017.
Group of Montreal work colleagues win $60-million Lotto Max jackpot
Lotto Max winners Julie Beland, Haidar Abi Haidar, Robert Macri, Diane Dorele Fossouo Djuidje, Nathaniel Thomas, Darius Hozhabr Zandi, Peter Jewett, Randolph Dandan and Enzo Scattone hold up a cheque for $60,000,000 in Montreal, Wednesday, December 27, 2017, after they won the jackpot on Friday, December 22 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Special delivery: Family welcomes 2nd Christmas Eve baby
'Just a great guy': Remembering Maple Leafs legend Johnny Bower
Former Maple Leafs Johnny Bower, left, and George Armstrong are paraded around the ice at the 50th anniversary of the team's 1963 Stanley Cup victory in Toronto, on Feb. 16, 2013.
Football, funny ladies and 'Wonderful Life' are TV draws
Trump campaign associate denies violating judge's gag order
A century later, Marcel Duchamp's Fountain continues to beguile the art world
Russell Smith
Liverpool lands defender Virgil van Dijk in record-breaking deal
This file photo taken on Dec. 28, 2016, shows Southampton's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, southern England.
911 calls show chaos of Washington state train derailment
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2017 file photo, cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below alongside smashed vehicles as some train cars remain on the tracks above in DuPont, Wash. Dozens of 911 call recordings released by South Sound 911 Dispatch provide a vivid account of the Dec. 18 wreck from survivors and witnesses. Authorities say it could take more than a year to understand how the train carrying 85 passengers and crew members could have ended in disaster as it made its inaugural run along a fast, new 15-mile (24-kilometer) bypass route. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
Nova Scotia man charged in September street-racing death of teenager
Rihanna mourns cousin’s death, calls for end to gun violence
In this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo, Rihanna poses for photographers in Paris.
PotashCorp, Agrium clear U.S. hurdle required to complete merger
The Cory PotashCorp mine site west of Saskatoon is pictured on Nov. 3, 2010.
Five thins to know about Johnny Bower's Hall of Fame pro hockey career
Toronto Maple Leafs' goaltender Johnny Bower leaves a team practice in Toronto in this 1970 file photo. Canadian hockey legend Johnny Bower has died. A statement from his family says the 93-year-old died after a short battle with pneumonia. THE CANADIAN PRESS
My fear of the dark led me to a new bedtime ritual
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